Neonatal hemangiomatosis presenting as infantile spasms.
The previously unreported association of neonatal hemangiomatosis and infantile spasms is described in a 4-month-old female. The high mortality and morbidity of this neurocutaneous syndrome necessitates prompt recognition and investigation, to enable identification of associated internal lesions.
McShane
M A
MA
Department of Neurology, Hospital for Sick Children, London, U.K.
Finn
J P
JP
Hall-Craggs
M A
MA
Hanmer
O
O
Harper
J
J
D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000150:complications*; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013036:Spasms, Infantile / Q000209:etiology*; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed